Improvement in bottle-filling apparatus



T.'SIMMONS av D. H. LOWE.

BOTTLE FILLING APPARATUS.

Patented Dec. 27, 1870.

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THOMAS SIMMONS AND DAVID H. LOWE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,

IMPROVEMENT IN BOTTLE-FILLING APPARATUS.

".l'he Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of tho lame;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS Simmons and DAVID B. Lown,,both of Broohlymin the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful improvement in Exh'austers for Bottles, of

which the following 'is a full, clezir, and exact description, reference 'being bad to the accompanying druwiug forming part of this specificzttion, and which represents a sectional elevation of our improved bottle- .exhauster as applied to n jur orvbottle.

Our invention is mainly designed for chemicnl and pharmaceutical purposes, but it is applicable to the filling of jars or bottles with vurions liquids. It is chief- The invention consists in a, certain combination of pipes, and attachments'connecting the same with bottle-cork or stopper, which makes the exhauster applicable to different or ordinaryjars and bottles. This will be found of great advantage in chemical or phar- 'macen'tical experiments or operations.

Referring to the accompanying drawing- A represents a bottle to be filled, and B a cork or stopper thereto, and which may be made capable of fitting other bottles having diflerent-siz ed necks or months. I

Mouiited on said stopper, -01: forming part of the same, isa tubular head-piece, C, which-"is extended downwardly throughthe stoppciy and securedby-n. wusher and nut, 72, below.

The tubular passage c,'thus---formed through the stopper B and its head-piece O, is of an enlarged capacity to or above a. point in the head-piece 0, where a. junction is-established with a brunch-pipe, D; but beyond or above this the tubular passage through the head-piece 0 requires to be only of sutficient dimensions to receive through it on inner pipe, E, of smallor exterior dimensionsthan the passage 0, and which is extended down through the latter, leaving a suction space or passage outside of it, in communication with the brunch-pipe D. I

The pipe E rests, by a. shoulder, at, between washers on the top of the'head-piece O, and is firmly connected with the latter by a screw-cap, F. 7

By the fitting or connection of the parts as de-' scribed, every facility is zilforded-for making the same tight, and for attaching or detaching them as required. Various materials may be used out of. which to form the pipes and connections exposed to the actionof the liquid, accordingly as the latter possesses or is free from corroding properties.

To explain the operation of the cxhanster it is only necessa'ry to suppose the pipe D as connected with a pump or other suitableexhausting device-and the pipe E as connected with a'filter-or percolator', through which the liquid is required to be drawn when filling the, bottle. On working the pump, a. vacuum is formed in the bottle and pipe E, which ,liastens the operation of the filter by 'atniosphen'c pressure, or-allowsot filtration being effected easily and rapidly from below, and, by the exhauster being combined with the stopper of the bottle, it ismade attachable or detachable ience and advantage. 'What'is. here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

i 1. The combination of the exhanster, composed of in common with thestopper, which is a great conventhe pipes D E, and the tube or tubular-head-piecc O,

with the cork or stopper 13, substantially as specified. 2. The combinatiou aud' arrangement of the put I) with the tubular extension of the head-piece O, the stopper )3, the pipes D and E, the collar d, and the screw-cap F, essentially as herein described. THOMAS SIMMONS.

DAVID E. LOWE.

Witnesssi FRED. Hume, FERD- TUSCH. 

